The critical questions Scott Morrison must ask the PNG prime minister

Australia's "national interest" surely demands that our closest neighbour be encouraged to address both the Covid crisis, and the failed health system. Both a Covid and health crisis on our doorstep is surely directly harmful to our national interest, and of course the very health, and stability, of our closest neighbour.

The position on both counts - Covid and the health/hospitals system - is at least as serious as I have been outlining for months.

The Prime Minister has an opportunity to make a real difference, drawing on his friendship with his Papua New Guinea counterpart to really add new and important dimensions to our relationship with our closest neighbour, and importantly, with its eight million men women and children.

And when he specifically addresses the justifiable concerns of the people of the Torres Strait, and Far North Queensland one hopes he consults, and involves, Warren Entsch MP.